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Burmese & Indian / Sri Lankan Star Tortoises
(G. platynota & G. elegans)
Other Stars
Angulate Tortoise
(Chersina angulata)
Misc. Pages
Tidbit:
The Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) is a beautiful tortoise native to South Africa.
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Angulate Tortoise Books
Books, DVD's, and magazines
Angulate tortoise
This page includes books, DVD's, and magazines that include the Angulate tortoise aka Bowsprit tortoise (Chersina angulata) from South Africa.
Books
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Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles of Africa
- by Bill Branch
- Struik Publishers, 2008
- includes the Angulate tortoise
- 128 glossy pages, color photos
- ISBN-10: 1770074635
- ISBN-13: 978-1770074637
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The Southern African Tortoise Book
- by Richard C. Boycott, Ortwin Bourquin
- O. Bourquin, 2nd revised ed., 2000
- includes the Angulate tortoise
- 228 pages, b/w and color photos
- limited availability
- ISBN-10: 0620265361
- ISBN-13: 978-0620265362
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A Beginner's Guide to Leopard and other South African Tortoises
- Misty Corton
- Carapace Press, Jul 2000
- includes the Angulate tortoise
- 32 pages, limited availability
- ISBN-10: 1873943539
- ISBN-13: 978-1873943533
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Turtles: Proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002
- by H. Artner, B. Farkas, V. Loehr
- Edition Chimaira, Mar 2006
- includes a chapter about keeping and breeding Angulate tortoises
- 621 glossy pages, color photos
- ISBN-10: 393061278X
- ISBN-13: 978-3930612789
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Terralog: Turtles of the World: Africa, Europe and Western Asia, Vol. 1
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What's That Reptile?
- by Johan Marais
- Struik Nature, Nov 2010
- descriptions, habitats, color photos
- incl. the Angulate tortoise, 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1770077715
- ISBN-13: 978-1770077713
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A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa
- Graham Alexander, Johan Marais
- Struik Publishers, Jan, 2008
- includes the Angulate tortoise
- color photos, 408 pages
- ISBN-10: 1770073868
- ISBN-13: 978-1770073869
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animal and Plants of the Region
- Vincent Carruthers
- Struik Publishers, 2008 (updated ed.)
- brief descriptions with color illustrations, incl. Angulate tortoise, 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1770077049
- ISBN-13: 978-1770077041
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Cape tortoises: Their identification and care
- Ernst H.W. Baard
- Cape Nature Conservation, 1994
- ISBN-10: 0798401958
- ISBN-13: 978-0798401951
- 68 pages, out of print
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Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles Drawn from Life
- by James de Carle Sowerby & Edward Lear
- H. Sotheran, J. Baer & Co, 1872
- you can read this book online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
- pdf p. 15 text and p. 57 color plate for Testudo angulata
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DVD's
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Life in Cold Blood
- hosted by David Attenborough
- BBC Warner, Aug 2008
- a beautifully filmed, highly rated documentary about reptiles and amphibians
- includes footage of Angulate tortoises on Dassen Island
- 5 episodes on 2 discs, 250 min
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Nature: Reptiles
- Abraham, Christie, McGillin, Coyote
- Questar/Thirteen WNET New York, 2003 (award-winning PBS series)
- 1st episode is crocodilians and 2nd is turtles and tortoises
- includes the Angulate tortoise
- 2 episodes, 112 min
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The Great Tortoise Transect
- by the Turtle Conservancy & Behler Chelonian Center, 2010
- a video journey through Namibia and South Africa showing local tortoise species and subspecies, including Angulate, Leopard, and Tent tortoises
- 1 disc, 50 min
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Recent magazines
- Marginata -- German turtle and tortoise magazine, Die Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte (Chersina angulata), part 1 in issue #23 (Oct-Dec 2009), part 2 in #24 (Jan-Mar 2010), part 3 in #25 (Apr-Jun 2010), in German only
- Practical Reptile Keeping -- UK reptile magazine, Nov 2009 issue includes an article about Angulate tortoises in Africa
For more tortoise books, including turtle & tortoise encyclopedias and veterinary texts, see the Star tortoise books page.
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